"Dockers a family affair"

A review of Dockers Club by Bernard McCaughey written on Friday 26th of March 2021

My father Robert McCaughey his brother Hughie McCaughey. Their uncles Bobby and Danny Toal. My grandfather Bernard McCaughey and his father et cetera were all dockers. I joined the end of this fine tradition in 1985 when I began work at Barnetts silo on Monday the 14th of January. I left in June 2008. I am proud of my heritage. However I can say this without fail I never had to work or endure the backbreaking and highly dangerous work of my forefathers. I remember my father telling me about bags of asbestos which dockers playfully 🙄 Beat each other with because it was as dusty as flour. He suffered many an injury one losing the tip of a finger at a timber boat caught between the heave cable. How could we ever live up to the legacy of these men. Simple: we can't !.

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